japan, russia and china meeting in seoul today with south korean foreign ministry officials. japan is strongly calling them to refrain. china backtracking a little bit saying they think the concerns are a little bit exaggerated. all of this is really about politics, about the young north korean leader kim jong un trying to bun to burnish his leader. there are elections in japan. the start of the second term for president obama, all this could ithis. what is being planned as early as this weekend live fire exercises by the north koreans right up against the south korean shores. two years ago they did that and hit an is land and that caused all kinds of problems. jon: all kinds of possibilities. doesn't seem many of them are good. thanks. jenna: let's talk about the economy now. the "wall street journal" reporting today that the jobs market could be in line for some significant improvement in the coming year if we can get a deal on the fiscal cliff, that is the big question. businesses which have held off investing and hiring because of uncertainty over the fiscal outlook might